Neighbors Say Noise From Michigan Data Center is 24/7 and Upending Their Lives

Mike Duffy for WXYZ Detroit: Well, one Michigan community has been experiencing the reality of a data center next door for a couple of years now, and they say the sound has changed their lives. “It sounds like someone set up a vacuum, like in your living room. And the vacuum is just… that thing needs to be cleaned … the filter is clogged up, so it’s a high-pitch whining. And they just left it on and walked out,” said Lindy Valenzula. “You’ve seen movies and stuff where they have somebody in a cell torturing them with sound. And that’s basically what it is,” said Billy Finn. Lindy Valenzuela and Marjorie & Billy Finn are neighbors who all live directly across the street from a data center in Dowagiac, Michigan. The data center is known by residents as “Hyperscale Data.” It is owned by Alliance Cloud Services LLC, a company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. They say that for the past couple of years, it has been emitting a high-pitched sound, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. But it wasn’t…